Despite receiving honors, Mohawk senior still longs for basketball season

By Joe Judd, joe.judd@pioneergroup.com

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7:26 pm EDT, Friday, April 17, 2020

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MORLEY — It has been more than a month since the basketball season was suspended and subsequently canceled, but the impact can still be felt on student-athletes across the United States.

This impact has particularly been felt by members of the Morley Stanwood boys’ basketball team, who turned in a 19-3 (9-1 CSAA Silver) record and were slated to compete for a regional title when the Michigan High School Athletic Association made the decision to put an end to the season.

For senior Axel Woolworth, there is still great frustration knowing this season was his final chance to accomplish what many student-athletes set out to do prior to their freshman year.

Woolworth was recently named an AP All-State Honorable Mention, but not even these honors equate to the idea of being so close to the top with his team.

“It feels good to get a high honor like that, it’s just unfortunate how the season had to end,” Woolworth said. “You work basically your whole life to get to the senior year of basketball and then you don’t get to prove what you’ve worked for.”

Woolworth was major source of scoring from long range for the Morley Stanwood hoops team. (Pioneer file photo/Joe Judd)

Woolworth was major source of scoring from long range for the Morley Stanwood hoops team. (Pioneer file photo/Joe Judd)

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Woolworth was major source of scoring from long range for the Morley Stanwood hoops team. (Pioneer file photo/Joe Judd)

Woolworth was major source of scoring from long range for the Morley Stanwood hoops team. (Pioneer file photo/Joe Judd)

Despite receiving honors, Mohawk senior still longs for basketball season

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Even though the Mohawks’ title run was cut short at a time when it was beginning to pick up steam, Woolworth said he is still able to fondly look back upon his final season in an MS uniform.

With the comradery and team chemistry put on display throughout the course of the season, Woolworth said it has been a bit strange for this year’s team “a proper sendoff.”

On top of the basketball season’s cancelation, schools not being in session has prevented Woolworth from seeing his friends and teammates, or have the semblance of a normal senior year.

“I’ve been playing quite a few more video games than I usually do,” Woolworth said. “It’s hard when you’re stuck and you can’t even go shoot (hoops). I’ve just been trying to stay busy; it’s just weird not having the season end like it should have.”

As far as the future is concerned, Woolworth said he would eventually like to walk on at a collegiate basketball program, but is still taking things one day at a time.